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Halstead, Essex [233]

Halstead, Essex, England [6]

Earls Colne, Halstead, Essex [3]

Halstead Essex [3]

Halstead, Braintree, Essex [2]

Halstead,Essex [2]

Little Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [2]

Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1]

Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex [1]

Great Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [1]

Halstead Essex [1]

Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1]

Lamarsh, Halstead, Essex [1]

Pentlow, Halstead, Essex [1]

Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex [1]

White Colne Halstead, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Group Captain [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major General [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Seaman [1]

Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

265th Infantry Battalion [1]

47th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps Commands and Staff [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

General Duties Branch [1]

HM Submarine E30 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS FALMOUTH [1]

HMS FORTUNE [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Invincible [1]

HMS Kale [1]

HMS Lord Nelson [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Mary Rose [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sarah Alice." [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71]

British Army [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37]

B [33]

C [30]

R [23]

P [18]

A [17]

W [17]

M [13]

E [12]

G [12]

D [11]

H [10]

F [8]

L [6]

T [5]

K [3]

O [2]

J [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [260] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Halstead, Essex [233] Halstead, Essex, England [6] Earls Colne, Halstead, Essex [3] Halstead Essex [3] Halstead, Braintree, Essex [2] Halstead,Essex [2] Little Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [2] Birdbrook, Halstead, Essex [1] Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex [1] Great Yeldham, Halstead, Essex [1] Halstead Essex [1] Halstead, Colchester, Essex [1] Lamarsh, Halstead, Essex [1] Pentlow, Halstead, Essex [1] Tidings Hill, Halstead, Essex [1] White Colne Halstead, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [15] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Group Captain [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant [1] Major General [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Seaman [1] Serjeant/Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Unit

Essex Regiment [7] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 265th Infantry Battalion [1] 47th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps Commands and Staff [1] Corps of Hussars [1] General Duties Branch [1] HM Submarine E30 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS FALMOUTH [1] HMS FORTUNE [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Invincible [1] HMS Kale [1] HMS Lord Nelson [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Mary Rose [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sarah Alice." [1] Royal Scots [1]

Service

Royal Navy [161] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [71] British Army [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [37] B [33] C [30] R [23] P [18] A [17] W [17] M [13] E [12] G [12] D [11] H [10] F [8] L [6] T [5] K [3] O [2] J [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [253] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Arthur Edward Doe

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244532

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Geoffrey Austin Allen

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2449 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Norman Cadby

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy A 4287 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 4287A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Sarah Alice."

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Ernest Redgwell

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94375

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Albert George Felton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265576

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Leonard Harry Ellenger

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180028

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Leonard Springett

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232873

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Frederick Tokeley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113793

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Arthur Fitch

Born 1885

Died 1915

Royal Navy 15332 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/15332 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry - H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Leslie D Gager

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army M2/046790 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 92184 Tank Corps

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Stanley Thomas Warner

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5940 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army G/15027 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Harry Bertram Mizon

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243208

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Thomas Harvey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160401

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Archie Ronald Herbert Gouldstone

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160583

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Ernest Henry Last

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162213

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Frederick George Barnard

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314470

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George Horace Archer

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210289

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Jack Chambers Drury

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251710

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Edgar Houlton Maskell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251694

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Frank Beresford Cottis

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251735

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